As a deity name
Name 118 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 76 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 791 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
सुन्दर · sundar · adj.
(f. -ī), Handsome, beautiful, lovely, charming, elegant, comely, seemly, fine, neat; agreeable, pleasing, delicious; excellent, good, virtuous, pure — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 682
सुंदर
beautiful, pretty; good-looking, handsome
सुन्दर
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi सुन्दर — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit सुन्दर (sundara). Doublet of हुनर (hunar).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
sundara mf(ī)n. (perhaps for su-nara = sūnara; d being inserted as in Gk. ἀνδρός fr. ἀνήρ) beautiful, handsome, lovely, charming, agreeable, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
noble, Subh.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(perhaps for su-nara = sūnara; d being inserted as in Gk. ἀνδρός fr. ἀνήρ) beautiful, handsome, lovely, charming, agreeable, &c.
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
sundara mf(ī)n. (perhaps for su-nara = sūnara; d being inserted as in Gk. ἀνδρός fr. ἀνήρ) beautiful, handsome, lovely, charming, agreeable, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
noble, Subh.
sundara m. Clerodendron Phlomoides, L.
a palace of a partic. form, L.
N. of Kāma-deva, L.
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